Success for KM Group journalists
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Kent Messenger Group journalists have been named
among the best in the county.
Alan Watkins, of the Gravesend
and Dartford Messengers was named the Shepherd Neame Best
Newspaper or Online Journalist of the Year at an award’s ceremony
on Friday.
And Angela Cole, chief reporter
at the Kent Messenger, was highly commended in the same category
for her coverage of the Treeby murder trial and reaction. (Both are
pictured above with Barbara Sturgeon and Jonathan Neame)
Judges also singled out her
story of a pitch invader disrupting village green cricket in
Bearsted.
Alan's stories about
a long-running row about a youth club, plus his recollections
of notorious killer Fred West, were picked out for praise at the
awards, held at the Shepherd Neame brewery in
Faversham.
Medway Messenger journalist Dan
Bloom also received a commendation in the W F Deedes Young
Journalist of the Year category.
The judges were particularly
impressed with his story about 83-year-old George Gibbs, Britain’s
oldest jobseeker, who went against advice from his doctor in his
search for employment.
Tributes were also paid to
veteran broadcaster Bob Holness, a former judge of the Kent Media
Awards.
Monday, January 30 2012
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